Attachment for grates



(No Model.)

J. H. WAIT.

ATTACHMENT FOR GRATES.

Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

JOHN H. *AIT, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

ATTACHMENT FOR GRATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,098, dated March 5, 1889.

Application filed September 8, 1888- $arial No. 284,905. No model.)

To all 207mm it may (.OILCNIL.

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. 'WAIT, a citizen of the 'Unitcd States, residing at Portsmouth, in the ci'mnty of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented now and useful Improvements in Attachments for Grates, of which the fol- Q vices can be arrzmged, however, to support lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the front edge of the plate to rest on the upper grate-bar and the feet or prongs rest on the bottom of the grate at the rear edge thereattachmcnis for grates; and it consists in certain novel features, hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of a portion of a grate having my improved attachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of my improved de vice detached from, the grate. Fig. 3 is a side view showing a modified form of the device. j

Fig. l: is a similar view showing another modiupperendsof the same, project therearwardly and upwardly curved hooks I, having square iication.

Referring lo the drawings by lotion-,A designates a grate of ()ltllllflly mmstruction haw ing the usual grate-bars, B.

C designates my improved device, consisting of a casting comprising a plate, D, composed of a number of bars having grooves E in their upper surfaces, and provided with a handle, F, projecting from its front. end. This construction of the plate provides a number of openings, G, so that by reason of said the upper one of the grate-bars, and enabling grooves and openings its weight and cost will he reduced to a minimum. The central opening G, at the front end of the plate,is smaller than the others, so as to be engaged by an ordinary stovelifter to be removed from the grate. On its under side the plate is provided with the integral depending feet or prongs H, which are adapted to pass down on opposite sides of the grate-bars, andthereby support the attachment in position, as shown in Fig. 1. These prongs or feet are of unequal length and are arranged near the rear end of the plate, the front foot being the longer. The greater portion of the plate is thus supported in front of the grate out of direct contact with the fire, and is prevented from tipping by the feet bearin g against opposite sides of the grate bars. By making the rear legs small enough to pass between two adjacent grate-bars the device maybe adj usted to any desired height. My improved attachment is designed for supporting cooking utensils in front of and over the lire, so that they maybe readily handled without inconvenience or danger to the operator, and atthe same time the food he speedily and thoroughly cooked. When arranged as shown in liig. ii, the cooking utensils will be held in front of the tire. The dethe cooking vessels over the lire by allowing 1 of. 'hen the device is arranged over the fire,

the openings permit the heat to pass directly to the vessel.

In Fig. '3 I. have shown my device as provided with only one foot on each side, the said foot depending from the rear end of the plate. From the rear side of the said feet, near the shoulders .I on their lower edges adjacent to the feet. This form of my device is designed more especially for attachment to the lower grate-bars,l1 ut can be applied to any of them. It secured in position by being turned into avertical plane, so to enable the hoohslto pass between the adjacent grate-bars, and it then swung outward and downward, causing the said'hooks to pass upward in rear of the shoulders J to clear the lower grate-bar and slip into engagement with the rear side of the same, the feet bear-in g against the front side of the grate-bars, so that the device will be firmly locked in its place. The shoulders J in this form bear against the rear sides of the graterbar, and serve the same purpose as the smaller prongs in the form previously described.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a further form of my device, which is designed especiall; for attachment to the first and second grate-bars. In this form the plate is provided on its under side with a depending lug, K, having the rear curved edges, L, and provided with the small angular notch M in rear of said rear curved edge. From the under side of the plate, near the rear edge of the same, depend the feet.- N, which are given a slight rearward inclination, as shown, and are provided at their lower-ends with the pron O, the lower rear of the upper grate-bar and causing the prongs O to engage the second grate-bar, after which the device is turned forward and downward, so as to bring the lugs K into engage- T ment with the upper grate-bar, the notches M and P engaging the upper rear edges of the respective grate-bars, so that the device will be firmly held in place. To disengage the device from the grate, it is first slightly lifted i and then turned in a reverse direction.

It will be observed that in all the forms of my device the supporting-legs are below the plate, so that the device and the vessel supported thereby can be placed nearer the heat than if the plate were supported from a point above the grate.

Having thus described my invention, What i I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. An attachment for grates, comprising a i fiat plate having a series of grooves in its upl per surface and a number of openings, G, the 1 front central opening being of proper size to be engaged by alifter, and feet or prongs depending from the under side of the plate at the rear end of the same, as specified.

2. An attachment for grates, consisting of a flat plate having on its under side at its rear end the lugs K and notches M, and the depending feet N, provided with the prongs O O at their lower ends, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

,In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOH H. \VAIT. 

